Mississippi Lady

With just a sleeping bag and an old guitar,

I left the band in

New Orleans

I did some time with the bottle, some with the river queens

I never thought

I would meet a girl who could turn my head around

Till I met that

Mississippi

Lady in sleepy

Gulfport town

She was a

Mississippi

Lady, my lovin'

Gulfport gal

She taught me how to love and she really loved me well

She took me up to heaven then she brought me down

That Mississippi

Lady, Sweet

Cordelia Brown

Hot July in

Gulfport and

I was working in the bars

And she was working on the street with the rest of the evening stars

She said, "I never met a guy who could turn my head around"

And that's really sayin' something for

Sweet Cordelia

BrownShe was a

Mississippi

Lady, my lovin'

Gulfport gal

She taught me how to love and she really loved me well

She took me up to heaven then she brought me down

That Mississippi

Lady, Sweet

Cordelia Brown

Now I'm back in

New York City playin' in a band

But my mind's on

Mississippi, is it hard to understand?

I never thought

I would meet a girl who could bring me that far down

Like the girl

I met in Gulfport,

Sweet Cordelia

BrownShe was a

Mississippi

Lady, my lovin'

Gulfport gal

She taught me how to love and she really loved me well

She took me up to heaven then she brought me down

That Mississippi

Lady, Sweet

Cordelia Brown

That Mississippi

Lady, Sweet

Cordelia Brown